Words Starting with "T"

Coarse and impolite language

Coarse language, similar to tua bangka

The head or leader of merchants

Village head or chief

elderly person who lacks manners

A state of extreme old age characterized by physical frailty, helplessness, or senility.

very old and weak

very old and no longer has teeth or strength

The head of the household who has authority at home

A person of very advanced age; extremely old or elderly.

A person considered old or experienced, such as a leader or advisor

Idiomatic expression for something that gets better with age

Idiomatic expression for an old person who still behaves youthful

Sacred; magical; blessing that brings benefits

Human fate is not the same, some are lucky and some are unlucky

One's fate cannot be determined by others

Highly educated but struggling in life

Knife for cutting rice grains; rice cutter

The yield or product obtained from harvesting crops, such as rice.

Alcoholic beverage made by fermenting the sap of aren palm, coconut, or siwalan with yeast.

Palm wine fermented to a high alcohol content.

Palm wine with low alcohol content, tasting sweet or only mildly bitter.

Proverb meaning to suffer misfortune or severe disappointment.

Short pieces of wooden beams or logs, typically produced by cutting longer timber.

Towel; soft cloth for drying water from the body after bathing or washing.

Of bees flying erratically and aimlessly, or of people with no fixed abode who wander about like vagrants or nomads.

A hot pack such as warm ash wrapped in cloth or a hot-water bottle used to warm and relieve pain in body parts; demah.

Person to whom one is subservient (opposite of servant, slave) or who provides employment.

Head of a plantation or factory company; also a high-ranking person or former governor-general.

Respectful expression substituting for a person's name, more deferential than 'tuan' (sir).